Woodgrain Upgrade + Chrome delete

[IJP86]

2025 Lightning Lariat here. New to the forum, 18 months in to ownership. Before the Lightning, I owned a 2020 BMW X5M. And before the Bimmer, three other Fords — most recently a 2018 Explorer Sport. While the Bimmer was my dream car, I knew what I was getting back into. I have a few regrets on the switch - the truck is incredible — but man do Ford interiors leave something, or everything, to be desired.

Start with the complete absence of choice. The fifty shades of grey plastic. And just when your eyes need a break, more chrome. And what is going on with the gold tone chrome? Why did they choose this weird grey-ish faux wood pattern for somethings? I am genuinely confused as to how this ended up as the interior for a $75k vehicle. The only things this interior has going for it are size and seat comfort. Well, that and my toddlers can do their worst on road trips - which, they have - and I simply don't care. We miss the massaging seats in the Bimmer, but I skipped the Platinum because the massage function didn't touch the Bimmer's, and white "leather" with two toddlers was a hard pass.

All that to say.. After 18 months of staring at the sea of grey, I finally broke down and vinyl wrapped the interior with 3M™ DI-NOC™ Wood Grain. Do I love it? No. Is it better than stock? Absolutely. The woodgrain actually picks up the brown stitching that's running through the cabin and breaks up all that grey. I'll probably redo the sliding cubby cover in all black — the wood's a bit much there — but overall, I'm happy. What do you think?

Woodgrain: 3M DI-NOC Burma Teak Woodgrain Vinyl
Black: 3M 2080 Matte Black Vinyl Wrap | M12

Next up: Katzkin throughout.

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[RLXXI]

2025 Lightning Lariat here. New to the forum, 18 months in to ownership. Before the Lightning, I owned a 2020 BMW X5M. And before the Bimmer, three other Fords — most recently a 2018 Explorer Sport. While the Bimmer was my dream car, I knew what I was getting back into. I have few regrets on the switch - the truck is incredible — but man do Ford interiors leave something, or everything, to be desired. Where do I start.

Start with the complete absence of choice. The fifty shades of grey plastic. And just when your eyes need a break, more chrome! The only things this interior has going for it are size and seat comfort. While we miss the massaging seats, I skipped the Platinum because the massage function wasn't even in the same zip code as the Bimmer's, and white "leather" with two toddlers was a hard pass.

So after 18 months of staring at the sea of grey, I finally broke down and vinyl wrapped the interior with 3M™ DI-NOC™ Wood Grain. Do I love it? No. Is it better than stock? Absolutely. The woodgrain actually picks up the brown stitching that's running through the cabin and breaks up all that grey. I'll probably redo the sliding cubby cover in all black — the wood's a bit much there — but overall, I'm happy. What do you think?

Next up: Katzkin throughout.

So long as you like it, that's all that matters, never been a fan of fake wood grain myself. Had it on a station wagon I owned back in the early 90's down both sides.